Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1910 — MATCHED COSTUME STYLISH [ARTICLE]

MATCHED COSTUME STYLISH

One Color Effect Attractive, but It Is Not Always Within Reach of All. In the latest modes there are only two colors, a background shade and an ornamental one, and the latter Is matched through the whole costume. Let us suppose, for Instance, that the costume is green and gray. It is a three-piece suit, gray, with collars and cuffs of green, a green hem reaching almost to the knees, and a green silk frill and Pierrot collar and cuffs on the low-necked and short-sleeved blouse. The hat is gray straw, with plumes or Alsatian bow of green; the veil gray, with green figures, perhaps in the new comet design. The gloves are gray with green stitching. Even the silk underskirt carries out this idea. It is changeable green and gray or gray with a green ruffle. Shoes and stockings are both green, or perhaps the shoes are gray suede oxfords, with green silk lacing. The parasol is gray with a deep hem border of green satin, always in the same shade, so that there is no ugly divergence in color. And all the jewelry accessories, the belt buckle, the hatpins, the chain around the neck, are green artificial emeralds or jade. Perhaps the metal setting is of old silver jewels. And the same idea is applied to all other colors. Jt is wonderfully effective, though perhaps a bit out of the reach of the woman who has one suit a season unless she dresses always in the same colors. But even she may manage it by careful planning, and It is stunning enough to be worth while.